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Katharina Bögl is a doctoral student and Scientific Associate at the Institute of Psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin, within the Faculty of Life Sciences. She contributes to the Clinical Psychology of Social Interaction group and the Dziobek Lab, focusing on autism spectrum disorder and social cognition research.
Her academic background includes:
- Master of Science in Psychology (Humboldt University of Berlin, 2018)
- Bachelor of Science in Psychology (University of Regensburg, 2015)
Her research centers on cognitive differences between neurotypical and neurodivergent individuals, specifically investigating whether the same neural processes underlie self-perception (extrospection) and perception of others' mental states (theory of mind). She examines how autism spectrum disorder affects both social cognition and access to one's own mental states, bridging clinical and cognitive neuroscience perspectives through rigorous experimental paradigms.
Her 2020-2022 publications reveal three dominant research strands: (1) mental health challenges in academia during the pandemic, (2) neurocognitive mechanisms of memory and stress in development, and (3) innovative interventions for autism spectrum disorder including digital therapeutics and socio-emotional training. These works consistently apply transdisciplinary approaches to understand neurodivergent cognition.
As a doctoral candidate in the DFG-funded Research Training Group 2386 "Extrospection," she conducts thesis research without current student advising responsibilities. Her external work as an independent caseworker for autistic children since 2016 informs her clinically grounded research perspective.
She actively contributes to the Dziobek Lab (http://www.dziobek-lab.org/), which specializes in social cognition assessment and autism intervention development, while maintaining clinical practice connections through her casework in Berlin.